I got an hour and a half of dry weather to lift the rest of my turf. Started raining again just as I'd cleared everything away. Do you grow any of the species tulips @Lizzie27? They're earlier than the usual 'big' ones. Mine are only just appearing out of the ground, but the new ones in pots are open. The species ones, that is. They'd probably be a few weeks earlier with you. Great for early colour, and continuing on from crocus etc.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
@Fairygirl, no this tulip is an ordinary one, not a species type. Although I planted some species ones in another area for the first time, they didn't come up. I think I may have buried them under a deep layer of bark mulch by mistake, they were by my roses.
The person doing the weather forecast on the BBC this morning said it looks at present as if we might get a week of dry weather starting in the middle of next week. She said it will be the first completely dry week since the middle of September if it happens.
Lots of jacket potatoes left over at the cafe today, no-one else wanted them so I brought them home, bought some leeks on the way and made soup for our dinner.
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Do you grow any of the species tulips @Lizzie27? They're earlier than the usual 'big' ones.
Mine are only just appearing out of the ground, but the new ones in pots are open. The species ones, that is. They'd probably be a few weeks earlier with you.
Great for early colour, and continuing on from crocus etc.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Happy Birthday Papi Jo. Cake is a marvellous RTBC. As is sunshine - keeping fingers crossed it materialises.
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